PRO A4-8350B vs Phenom II X4 P960

Primary details

Comparing processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	2809	2739
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	4x AMD Phenom II	no data
Power efficiency	1.49	0.62
Designer	AMD	AMD
Manufacturer	no data	GlobalFoundries
Architecture codename	Champlain (2010−2011)	Kaveri (2014−2015)
Release date	19 October 2010 (15 years ago)	29 September 2015 (10 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	4 (Quad-Core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	4	2
Base clock speed	no data	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.8 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus rate	3600 MHz	no data
L1 cache	512 KB	no data
L2 cache	2 MB	1024 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Die size	no data	245 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	71 °C
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	no data	72 °C
Number of transistors	no data	2,411 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data

Compatibility

Information on Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	S1 (S1g4)	FM2+
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, 3DNow, SSE (1,2,3,4A), AMD64, Enhanced Virus Protection, Virtualization, HyperTransport 3.0	no data
AES-NI	-	+
FMA	-	+
AVX	-	+
FRTC	-	+
FreeSync	-	+
PowerTune	-	+
DualGraphics	-	+
TrueAudio	-	+
PowerNow	-	+
PowerGating	-	+
Out-of-band client management	-	+
VirusProtect	+	+
RAID	-	+
HSA	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B are enumerated here.

AMD-V	+	+
IOMMU 2.0	-	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR3	DDR3-1866
Max memory channels	no data	2

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card	no data	AMD Radeon R5 Graphics
iGPU core count	no data	4
จำนวนพาธไลน์	no data	256
Enduro	-	+
Switchable graphics	-	+
UVD	-	+
VCE	-	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B integrated GPUs.

DisplayPort	-	+
HDMI	-	+

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	no data	DirectX® 12
Vulkan	-	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Phenom II X4 P960 and PRO A4-8350B.

PCIe version	no data	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	16

Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	0.88	0.96
Recency	19 October 2010	29 September 2015
Physical cores	4	2
Threads	4	2
Chip lithography	45 nm	28 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	65 Watt

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